258 C. Stal, 



Pati'ia: America borealis. (Mus. Holm. etc.); var. h. Texas. (Mus. 

 Holm.^ Coll. Deyrolle.) 



Ovalis, valde convexa, obscure jenea vel pieea, seneo-nitens. Caput remote 

 distincte punctulatum ; ore piceo, palpis articulo ultimo penultimo subsequali, apice 

 haud dilatato. Anteunœ picete, articulis quinque apicalibus infuscatis, vix longioribus 

 quam latioribus, clavam gracilem distinctam forniantibus. Prothorax elytris nonnihil 

 angustior, antrorsum leviter augustatus, plus minus remote et distincte punctatus. 

 Scutellum Iseve. Elytra utrimque subrotundata, straminea, parce vage punctulata, 

 margine ipso lateraii, vitta communi suturali, retrorsum angustata, distincte striato- 

 punctata, nec non utriusque plaga oblonga, apice angustata, extus medio leviter 

 sinuata, plus minus regulariter seriatim punctata, interdum longitrorsum in vittas 

 duas utrimque seriatim punctatas divisa, obscure œneis vel piceis, senescente-indutis ; 

 margine inflexo coucolore. 



cf Segmento ventrali ultimo apice truncato. 



Divisio undetricesima. 



Glabrœ. Antennœ apicem versus sensim leviter incrassatœ vel articulis 

 quinque apicalibus clavam plus minus distinctam forniantibus. Palpi articulo ultimo 

 m,a(jno vel mediocri, pemdtimo œque crasso vel crassiore. Ehjtra ex paiie vage 

 pitnctata, ad suturam saltem striato-punctata , raro disco punctis in séries sub- 

 curvas dispositis instructa, rarissime fere tota seriatim punctata, straminea, 

 vittis, signattiris vel maculis œneis vel testaceis ornata, raro œnea, flavo-maculata 

 vel vittata. Articidus ultimus tarsorum inermis vel apice subtus obsolète denti- 

 culatus. Unguiculi distantes. (Spec. 510^557). 



CaUigrapha Er. Ai-ch. ftir Naturg. XIU. p. 158. (1847.) 

 Polg'spila Hope. Col. Man. m. p. 165. (1841.) 



A. Antennœ articidis quinque apicalibus clavam gracilem minus distin- 

 ctam formantibus. Palpi articido ultimo mediocri, pemdtimo haud crassiore. 

 Prothorax subtus titrimque linea intramarginali impressa destitutns. Elytra 

 straminea, late œneo- vel piceo-trivittata, ad partem regidariter seriatim, pun- 

 ctata. (Spec. 510—512.) 



510. Chrysomela similis Rogers. 



Picea, plus minus obscure îeneo-induta, pedibus dilutioribus ; elytris 

 dilute flavescentibus, vitta communi suturali reti'orsum angustata, distincte 

 striato-punctata, nec non utriusque vitta lata abbreviata, extus medio distincte 

 sinuata, minus regulariter quadriseriatim punctata, margineque inflexo fusco- 

 seneis. Long. 6| — 7, Lat. 4 — 4| millim. 



^Chrysomela similis Rogers. Proc. Acad. Philad. VHI. p. 35. 16. 



PI. 1. tig. 13. (1857.^, 

 . ,. „ Suffr. Ent. Zeit. XIX. p. 275. 16. PI. 2. fig. 



13. (1858.) 



